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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by mellosouls on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:06AM (#27117066)
Depends entirely on their contract and what is expected of them. Coding is just one possible duty of a lead in this sort of project - the article itself talks about him undertaking various fundraising duties - thats in addition to whatever time period (eg. retrospective) the money is supposed to cover.

Having said that, the salary looks excessive and the commit history isn't a good look without clarification.

But assumptions aren't always the best guide to what is actually going on.

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by KptMarchewa on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:29AM (#27118509)
>the article itself talks about him undertaking various fundraising duties - thats in addition to whatever time period (eg. retrospective) the money is supposed to cover.

So, he fundraised money to have time to further fundraise, and he did it so well that they have to decrease his salary?

Sounds like he did not do so great job here either.

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by altendo on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:09AM (#27118993)
> Sounds like he did not do so great job here either.

The original article notes that funding took a hit in 2020. 2020 was an unprecedented year for any number of reasons. To simply say someone did a poor job fundraising in a year beset by constant challenges everywhere lacks proper context.

That's not to say more could have been done; I don't feel, however, that I'm in a position to say. Making money on open source is a difficult enough prospect regardless how one does it without also considering other factors that increase that difficulty.

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by mkipper on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:44AM (#27118677)
I know almost nothing about this situation, but if I was hired to raise money and did a bad job, I'd expect to be fired. I wouldn't expect to have a blog post written about me.
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